Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Shooting competitions at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place from 28 July to 6 August at the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich. Fifteen events were included with 390 athletes taking part.[1] The events were the same as in 2008.
| Shooting at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Royal Artillery Barracks |
| Dates | 28 July – 6 August 2012 |
The competitions were originally planned for the National Shooting Centre in Bisley, Surrey, and the temporary solution at the Royal Artillery Barracks (which is in the River Zone) was adopted later after the International Olympic Committee expressed concerns about the distance between London and Bisley.
Since the pistols used in the 25m and 50m shooting events were deemed by HM Government as prohibited[2] in England, Scotland and Wales after the Dunblane Massacre, special dispensation had to be granted by the UK Government and security criteria met by LOCOG to allow certain events to go ahead.
Qualification Edit
The qualification system was similar to that used for previous Games, with a fixed number of quota places divided among the nations whose shooters place well at the top-level global and continental championships. However, due to new IOC regulations mandating that all qualification events take place during the last 24 months before the Olympics, no such quota places were awarded during the 2009 ISSF World Cup or the 2010 ISSF World Cup, leading to decreased interest in these competitions to the point where the 2010 competition planned for New Delhi had to be rescheduled and moved to Australia. The International Shooting Sport Federation announced that qualification would commence with the 2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Munich, which ended on 10 August, almost exactly two years before the Olympics.
Great Britain did not qualify spots through the World Championship, rather its places were guaranteed due to it being the host nation, however it could qualify shooters to the other events. Iran was the only country that did not send shooters to the 2008 Summer Olympics to have qualified a shooter for the 2012 Summer Olympics.[3]
Schedule Edit
| Q | Qualification | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Sat 28 | Sun 29 | Mon 30 | Tue 31 | Wed 1 | Thu 2 | Fri 3 | Sat 4 | Sun 5 | Mon 6 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rifle | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Men's 10 m air rifle | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| Men's 50 m rifle prone | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| Women's 10 m air rifle | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pistol | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Men's 10 m air pistol | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| Men's 50 m pistol | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| Women's 10 m air pistol | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| Women's 25 m pistol | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shotgun | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Men's trap | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| Men's double trap | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| Men's skeet | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| Women's trap | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| Women's skeet | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal summary Edit
Medal table Edit
* Host nation (Great Britain)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Italy | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | China | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cuba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Great Britain* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Romania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | France | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| India | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Serbia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 14 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kuwait | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Qatar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (23 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 | |
Men's events Edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 m air rifle | Alin Moldoveanu Romania | Niccolò Campriani Italy | Gagan Narang India |
| 50 m rifle prone | Sergei Martynov Belarus WR | Lionel Cox Belgium | Rajmond Debevec Slovenia |
| 50 m rifle three positions | Niccolò Campriani Italy OR | Kim Jong-hyun South Korea | Matthew Emmons United States |
| 10 m air pistol | Jin Jong-oh South Korea | Luca Tesconi Italy | Andrija Zlatić Serbia |
| 25 m rapid fire pistol | Leuris Pupo Cuba | Vijay Kumar India | Ding Feng China |
| 50 m pistol | Jin Jong-oh South Korea | Choi Young-rae South Korea | Wang Zhiwei China |
| Skeet | Vincent Hancock United States | Anders Golding Denmark | Nasser Al-Attiyah Qatar |
| Trap | Giovanni Cernogoraz Croatia | Massimo Fabbrizi Italy | Fehaid Al-Deehani Kuwait |
| Double trap | Peter Wilson Great Britain | Håkan Dahlby Sweden | Vasily Mosin Russia |
Women's events Edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 m air rifle | Yi Siling China | Sylwia Bogacka Poland | Yu Dan China |
| 50 m rifle three positions | Jamie Lynn Gray United States OR | Ivana Maksimović Serbia | Adéla Sýkorová Czech Republic |
| 10 m air pistol | Guo Wenjun China | Céline Goberville France | Olena Kostevych Ukraine |
| 25 m pistol | Kim Jang-mi South Korea | Chen Ying China | Olena Kostevych Ukraine |
| Skeet | Kim Rhode United States WR | Wei Ning China | Danka Barteková Slovakia |
| Trap | Jessica Rossi Italy WR | Zuzana Štefečeková Slovakia | Delphine Réau France |
References Edit
- ^ . 2011. Archived from the original on 1 September 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ^ ""Firearms Act 1996 Section 5"". 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- ^ "Olympic Quota Places". International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
External links Edit
Media related to Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons
- Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics. London2012.com. at the UK Government Web Archive (archived 28 February 2013)
- at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 May 2013)
- at SR/Olympics (archived)